Contents tagged with Visual Studio 2010
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HTML5ify your ASP.NET MVC 3 applications
Some newly released tools for Visual Studio 2010 including Service Pack 1, the MVC 3 Tools update, and the Web Standards Update introduce the first wave of HTML5 support for ASP.NET development, so … more
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Build data-driven sites using the MVC 3 Tools Update with MvcScaffolding
Software scaffolding is a technique usually involving code or template generation of CRUD operations, based on a data model. MvcScaffolding is a tool you can use to scaffold your MVC 3 applications … more
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Find & install 3rd party libraries lightning fast with NuGet for Visual Studio 2010
NuGet is a new tool implemented in Visual Studio 2010 as both an extension and command line tool, as well as in WebMatrix as a web admin tool for package management. You can download and install … more
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Partial views in ASP.NET MVC 3 w/the Razor view engine
What is a partial view and when should I use it?
As developers become familiar with the ASP.NET MVC model, they'll naturally want to create reusable components filled with content & code. In Web … more
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Database Deployment with the VS 2010 Package/Publish Database Tool
Database deployment hasn't ever been considered the fun part of a developer's job, and automating it to be made easier often takes lots of manual setup. Earlier versions of Visual Studio didn't … more
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Making ASP.NET deployment easy with the Package/Publish Web tool
There's many ASP.NET developers using Visual Studio who need flexible options and would like a UI to manage deployment tasks. These developers tend to deploy web applications themselves and a few … more
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Introducing MVC Development w/the Razor View Engine for Visual Studio Developers
The Razor View Engine is a precise, useful, light language that enables you to create views for MVC projects in ASP.NET still while keeping a separation of concerns, ability to test, and pattern … more
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Taking steps in the right direction: The learning path from WebMatrix/Razor to Visual Studio/ASP.NET
If you’ve been using WebMatrix as a springboard to software development with Visual Studio you’ll at some point wonder what steps you’ll want to take to get there. Visual … more
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Visual Studio 2010 Extensions Magic: Automatic Updates.
I think automatic updates are a great feature in Visual Studio 2010. Each time an instance of VS 2010 is opened, it automatically checks for updates to installed extensions. When updates are … more
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Five Great Features in Visual Studio 2010
1. Navigate To
This feature has quickly become my all time favorite feature of Visual Studio. Navigate To allows you to very quickly navigate to a particular block of code, and is easier than … more
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Keeping Configurations Consistent with web.config Transformations
A key issue when deploying ASP.NET applications is the need to manage the many configurations needed for development, testing, staging, production and so on. Configuration items such as … more